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AMERICA 250 | PRESS PREVIEW OF 2026 EXHIBITION “THE FIRST SALUTE” FEATURES CARIBBEAN ISLAND GOVERNOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, CONFETTI CANNON SALUTE

AMERICA 250 | 2026 EXHIBITION “THE FIRST SALUTE” TO OPEN APRIL 23 ON PHILADELPHIA’S INDEPENDENCE MALL | Newly Secured Loans

PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM + MEDIA IS NOW A PROGRAM OF WEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY

AMERICA 250 | 2026 EXHIBITION: “THE FIRST SALUTE” TO FEATURE 250+ YEAR OLD CANNON FOUND ON TINY CARIBBEAN ISLAND AND BEING SHIPPED BY BOAT THIS MONTH TO PHILADELPHIA’S INDEPENDENCE MALL

November 13, 2025

AMERICA 250 | LANDMARK 2026 EXHIBITION REVEALS HOW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND ANTISEMITISM IMPACTED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND AMERICA’S FOUNDING – IN AN UNTOLD TALE ABOUT JEWISH LIFE, THE CARIBBEAN, TRADE, AND THE HIGH SEAS DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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HAPPY PASSOVER

The Museum and Store will be open Friday, April 3, through Tuesday, April 7.
We look forward to seeing you.

Photo Credit: The Weitzman, 1991.1717. “Downtown Hebrew Day Nursery Kids have Seder,” Philadelphia, Passover, 1951.

Image: The Weitzman, 1991.1717. “Downtown Hebrew Day Nursery Kids have Seder,” Philadelphia, Passover, 1951

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